Alcadia incrustata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.152946 - Alcadia incrustata Gundlach - Helicinidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

| image_caption = Shell of Alcadia incrustata (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

| genus = Alcadia

| species = incrustata

| authority = (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)

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| synonyms=

  • Helicina incrustata L. Pfeiffer, 1859

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Alcadia incrustata is a species of an operculate land snail, terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae.{{WRMS species|1559753|Alcadia incrustata (L. Pfeiffer, 1859)|3 August 2024}}

Description

The height of the shell attains {{cvt|6.5|mm}}, its greatest diameter {{cvt|10|mm}}.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

(Original description in Latin) The shell has a conoid-depressed shape and is rather thin, showing serial hairs. It is reddish with a blackish covering. The spire is short and conical. There are 5 moderately convex whorls, with the body whorl rounded at the periphery and a shiny, broad, somewhat circumscribed callus at the base. The aperture is nearly diagonal and semi-oval. The columella is somewhat compressed, ending forward in a small denticle. The peristome is scarcely expanded, with the basal margin very slightly arched, forming a small sinus with the columellar tooth. The operculum is thin and pearly.{{cite journal |last1=Pfeiffer |first1=L. |title=Pfeiffer |journal=Malakozoologische Blätter|date=1859 |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=66–96 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16014164 |access-date=3 August 2024}} {{source-attribution}}

Distribution

This species occurs in Cuba.

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |last1=Sanders |first1=H.L. |last2=Allen |first2=J.A. |title=Studies on deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia). The family Tindariidae and the genus Pseudotindaria |journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard |date=1977 |volume=148 |issue=2 |pages=23–59 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4314803}}

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incrustata

Category:Gastropods described in 1859

Category:Endemic fauna of Cuba